The sixth Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) report 2022-23 has recently been released by National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), which uses the data collected during July 2022 to June 2023.
About Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Report:
- This report covered both rural and urban areas, giving estimates of all important parameters of employment and unemployment in both usual status (ps+ss) and current weekly status (CWS).
- The estimate of the labour force in the usual status (ps+ss) includes:
- The persons who either worked or were seeking work for a period of 365 days preceding the date of the survey.
- Those persons from among the remaining population who had worked at least for 30 days during the reference period of 365 days preceding the date of survey.
- The estimate of labour force according to the CWS approach is derived by considering those who worked for at least 1 hour or was seeking/ available for work for at least 1 hour on any day during the 7 days preceding the date of survey.
- Worker Population Ratio (WPR): It is defined as the percentage of employed persons in the population.
- Unemployment Rate (UR): It is defined as the percentage of persons unemployed among the persons in the labour force.
Objectives of PLFS:
- To estimate the key employment and unemployment indicators (viz. Worker Population Ratio, Labour Force Participation Rate, Unemployment Rate) in the short time interval of 3 months, for the urban areas only on the CWS basis.
- To estimate employment and unemployment indicators in both usual status and CWS in both rural and urban areas annually.
Estimates of key labour market indicators in usual status (ps+ss):
Increasing Trend in Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR):
[Ref – PIB]
- In rural areas, LFPR increased from 50.7% in 2017-18 to 60.8% in 2022-23.
- For urban areas, LFPR increased from 47.6% to 50.4%.
- LFPR for male in India increased from 75.8% in 2017-18 to 78.5% in 2022-23 and corresponding increase in LFPR for female was from 23.3% to 37.0%.
Increasing Trend in Worker Population Ratio (WPR):
[Ref – PIB]
- In rural areas, WPR increased from 48.1% in 2017-18 to 59.4% in 2022-23.
- It increased from 43.9% to 47.7% in urban areas.
- WPR for males in India increased from 71.2% in 2017-18 to 76.0% in 2022-23 and corresponding increase in WPR for females was from 22.0% to 35.9%.
Decreasing Trend in Unemployment Rate (UR):
[Ref – PIB]
- In rural areas, UR decreased from 5.3% in 2017-18 to 2.4% in 2022-23.
- For urban areas it decreased from 7.7% to 5.4%.
- UR for male in India decreased from 6.1% in 2017-18 to 3.3% in 2022-23 and corresponding decrease in UR for female was from 5.6% to 2.9%.
Estimates of key labour market indicators in Current Weekly Status (CWS):
Increasing Trend in Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR):
[Ref – PIB]
- In rural areas, LFPR increased from 48.9% in 2017-18 to 56.7% in 2022-23, while for urban areas it increased from 47.1% to 49.4%.
- LFPR for male increased from 75.1% in 2017-18 to 77.4% in 2022-23 and a corresponding increase in LFPR for female was from 21.1% to 31.6%.
Increasing Trend in Worker Population Ratio (WPR):
[Ref – PIB]
- In rural areas, WPR is 54.2% in 2022-23 while for urban areas it is 46.0%.
- WPR for male in India increased from 68.6% in 2017-18 to 73.5% in 2022–23 and corresponding increase in WPR for female was from 19.2% to 30.0%.
Decreasing Trend in Unemployment Rate (UR):
[Ref – PIB]
- In rural areas, UR is 4.4% in 2022-23 while for urban areas it is found to be 7.0%.
- UR for male in India decreased from 8.7% in 2017-18 to 5.1% in 2022-23 and corresponding decrease in UR for female was from 9.0% to 5.1%.
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